Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-28

timber with her on bob-sled. The
ground was bare In the lots, snow in the
woods, and the mare was putting and
blowing hard. We hitched her to my
wagon and drove her about forty rods.
The road was very muddy and it flew. |
thought she was worth the hundred dol
lars and took her home to Eaton. Mr..
Kellogg, who kept the hotel at Eaton,
went with me when purchased the mare
and wanted one-half interest in her.
| let him have it, but | controlled and
sold her. Flora was fat as pig at this
time. thought at the time of purchase
that the putting and blowing was caused
by the drawing of heavy loads, but she
continued to puff and blow hard all of
the time l owned her, when speeded or
drove hard, and it Influenced me much
in the sale of her. | drove her one time
in the month of May to Utica, % miles,
hitched with a mate to light spring
wagon with 800 pounds of cloth and
wanted to make the distance in four
hours, to get the train to ship cloth.
About l6 miles out | stopped and hitched
the other mare back, who drew all of the
load, and Flora did actually puff and loll
like dog when hot. Ioffered to sell her
| the same day to one of the Butterfieds
for one hundred and twenty-five dollars,
but he would not buy her. / drove her
home and told some of my friends about
her, and they said give her a blanket
sweat. | tried TO do so, but was afraid
she would drop down dead. I started
with her and one other horse and eighty
head of cattle for Washington Hollow,
about the first of June, 1850. Was II
or ID days on the road and took first-rate
care of her. busted all of the hay, win
moved the oats, and was very careful of
the dust and of the quantity of hay. She
had twelve to eighteen miles to walk
every day, and when l arrived was in bet
ter condition than ever before. Mr..
Morse, the owner of the cattle, met me
at Pine Plains, twelve miles from the
Hollow, and he rode the mare in. | ar
rived with the cattle about o'clock
p. m. Morse said if you can get
she will stumble and fall down. Iasked
did she fall? He said no, but she trip
ped. She would singlefoot and pace
when rode at slow gait, but never fall
no more than squirrel or weasel. Pine
Plains is due north from the Hollow
The next morning after my arrival,
was in the barn cleaning the mare, when
Mr.. Sherwood, of New York city, a
liquor agent, travelling with horse and
buggy, came into the barn and said
what have you got there? | said, we call
her trotter up in our country. lie says
what do you ask for her, and how fast
| said minutes, and the price is 5000
He says, hitch her up. l went over the
way and tried to borrow Mr.. Robinson's
sulky, but he would not let me have it
He said afterwards, it was because he
wanted to buy the mare. He was a good
horseman. Then Sherwood said, hitch
her to my wagon. | did so, and we
drove her about 10 rods and back. He
lost his stovepipe hat in the ride. She
went like bullet from the word, Go
He offered me Sl15 for her. | went tC
consult my friends. Morse says, take
him, take him quick. did not like the
advice. Mr. Tomilson, the hotel man
said, try and get the two hundred.
went back to the barn and tried family
Sherwood said no. ! said, you can have
to the barn, and said he had bought her
and took out his pocketbook and handed
me ten dollars, and said he would pay the
rest tomorrow morning, and take the
mare, as he had to go to Poughkeepsie
Mr. Tomilson said it would be all right
The next morning Mr.. Sherwood, Mr.
w. Nelie, and colored groom, with Sher-
woods horse and wagon and sulky be-
hind, drove up. Mr.. Wellington Velie
then paid me Sl65, and they hitched the
mare to the sullly and went onto a track,
"A good mile one, right back of the hotel
and Vele drove her three times around
The first mile she pulled hard, the third
was no worse, and | felt better. The
third time they timed her, and said she
trotted in minutes, and Mr.. Sherwood
slapped me on the shoulder, and said,
"There. if you had asked me another
hundred this morning, | would have
given it to you, and if you have any more
such goods in your country, fetch them
down and you can find buyers for them
Sherwood said afterwards that Velie
was to take the mare and give him half
the profits on the sale, and further, that
he, Velie, never did give him anything.
Velie has claimed all of the credit and
sagacity of the purchase of the little
queen, and others also have given him
the credit of the purchase, which know
and Others know he is not entitled to.
| Nelie is one kind of q ringer. and as